1. Gathering the Tribes.
- Author
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Liu, Melinda, Kaplow, Larry, Dehghanpisheh, Babak, and Barry, John
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COUNTERINSURGENCY , *IRAQ War, 2003-2011 , *NATIVE American tribal governments ,STABILITY operations of the United States Armed Forces - Abstract
The article reports the U.S. military's success in forging ties with tribal sheiks around Ramadi, Iraq, and considers whether similar local alliances against insurgents could be formed in other parts of the country. The sheiks are allying with the Americans to try to quell the sectarian violence being fomented by al Qaeda and other insurgents, both Sunni and Shi'ite.
- Published
- 2007